ROASTING

roasting

(noun) cooking (meat) by dry heat in an oven (usually with fat added); “the slow roasting took several hours”

Source: WordNet® 3.1

Etymology

Verb

roasting

present participle of roast

Adjective

roasting (comparative more roasting, superlative most roasting)

(colloquial) Very hot.

Noun

roasting (plural roastings)

The act by which something is roasted.

(colloquial) A rebuke or reprimand (usually from the recipient's point of view).

Anagrams

• Gorstian, atrogins, organist, signator, strong AI, tragions

Source: Wiktionary

Roast"ing,

Definition: a. & n., from Roast, v. Roasting ear, an ear of Indian corn at that stage of development when it is fit to be eaten roasted.

– Roasting jack, a machine for turning a spit on which meat is roasted.

ROAST

Roast, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Roasted; p. pr. & vb. n. Roasting.] Etym: [OE. rosten, OF. rostir, F. rôtir; of German origin; cf. OHG. rosten, G. rösten, fr. OHG. rost, rosta, gridiron, G. rost; cf. AS. hyrstan to roast.]

1. To cook by exposure to radiant heat before a fire; as, to roast meat on a spit, or in an oven open toward the fire and having reflecting surfaces within; also, to cook in a close oven.

2. To cook by surrounding with hot embers, ashes, sand, etc.; as, to roast a potato in ashes. In eggs boiled and roasted there is scarce difference to be discerned. BAcon.

3. To dry and parch by exposure to heat; as, to roast coffee; to roast chestnuts, or peanuts.

4. Hence, to heat to excess; to heat violently; to burn. "Roasted in wrath and fire." Shak.

5. (Metal.)

Definition: To dissipate by heat the volatile parts of, as ores.

6. To banter severely. [Colloq.] Atterbury.

Roast, v. i.

1. To cook meat, fish, etc., by heat, as before the fire or in an oven. He could roast, and seethe, and broil, and fry. Chaucer.

2. To undergo the process of being roasted.

Roast, n.

Definition: That which is roasted; a piece of meat which has been roasted, or is suitable for being roasted. A fat swan loved he best of any roost [roast]. Chaucer. To rule the roast, to be at the head of affairs. "The new-made duke that rules the roast." Shak.

Roast, a. Etym: [For roasted.]

Definition: Roasted; as, roast beef.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition